Stephen Bramall

One of the issues that must surely exercise minds in Whitehall over the coming weeks and months is whether there is any justification in pushing the devolution agenda in England even further or whether, on the contrary, the COVID-19 pandemic has so changed the political and policy landscape that we might even see the devolution […]

The transport industry is well and truly on its knees.  Bus and rail patronage is down by anything between 90 and 95%, while airlines have grounded entire fleets.  There is almost no part of the transport industry that has been untouched by coronavirus – from public transport and coach operators, to airlines and airports, to […]

Could next week, 12th June to be precise, signal the beginning of the end for Theresa May’s leadership of the Conservative Party?  Will she succeed in reversing the amendments to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill made by the House of Lords; will she be forced to concede some of the amendments in order to overturn others, […]

Hot on the heals of the government’s Industrial Strategy, the Department for Transport has published its latest strategy for the railways. The headline grabbing stuff about opening up new routes to unlock housing and development sounds exciting enough, and probably is if it all comes to pass, but aside from plans for the new East […]

With the Party conference season over, now is a good moment to assess the broad political landscape, because whichever way you look at it, it’s not pretty. Much has been written about the problems faced by Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, and doesn’t need too much repetition here.  Safe to say that with one recent ICM […]

So, twenty six years after the demise of Margaret Thatcher, the UK is once again to have a female Prime Minister. The Tory Party, so often portrayed as the bastion of traditional conservativism, made up of Bullington Club toffs, has once again created the opportunity to position itself as a progressive, modern political force. On […]